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The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863 Declared forever free the slaves in those confederate areas still in rebellion. It did not free any slaves immediately. Changes the war aim from keeping the Union together to now ending slavery. Helps influence Britain’s decision to stay out of the war. Removed any chance of a negotiated settlement with the South. -
Black codes
Black codes are laws that are designed to regulate the affairs of the emancipated blacks and keep blacks and keep them as slaves. It was hard to rise -
March to Sea
From November 15 until December 21, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman led some 60,000 soldiers on a 285-mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia. The purpose of Sherman's March to the Sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause. -
Lincoln’s Assassination
Lincoln was shot in the back off the head by John Wilkes Booth at the Ford Thearte. -
Reconstruction Act
U.S. legislation enacted in 1867–68 that outlined the conditions under which the Southern states would be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War (1861–65). The bills were largely written by the Radical Republicans in the U.S. Congress.
